likert_transform: Transferring Likert Scale Answers to Numbers

In samueltobler/behavdata: Behavioral Data Preprocessing and Analysis

Transferring Likert Scale Answers to Numbers

Description

This function allows to directly transform any collected data in Likert Scale format to numerical values. The default function is built for Likert Scales in either German or English and with 5 points. However, using the other variable, it is possible to code for any kind of repetitive text inputs.

Usage

likert_transform(
  data, 
  type,
  name,
  lang,
  other,
  export = TRUE)

Arguments

data	a data frame with individual participants in rows and different measures in columns.
type	type of entered data: either data frame (default) or vector
name	name of the analysis to specify the output file.
lang	language of the Likert scale in case either the standard 5 point Likert scales are used.
other	Alternative input values. See example below.
export	TRUE if a CSV file with the modified data should be exported, FALSE if not.

Examples

# For a questionnaire in German
likert_transform(data = data, type = "dataframe", name = "Engagement", lang = "de", export = TRUE) 
# For various text fragments
likert_transform(data = data, type = "vector", name = "Engagement", other = c("yes", "no", "maybe"))

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